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24,000lb rocket boost and 200 knots in 8 seconds: F-104 ZELL experiments

Cold War planners feared runways would not survive a first strike, and that fear produced extreme launch concepts. The ZELL ...
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20,000ft per minute and 2,000lb of stores: The Gnat’s Indian Air Force upgrade

The Gnat’s reputation was shaped as much by improvements as by its original design limits. With four pylons, it could carry up to 2,000LB of external stores including rocket pods and 500LB bombs, ...